Word: elwood
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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With a field of 32 instead of the usual 64, last week's play at Forest Hills was concentrated in a busy six days instead of the usually poky ten. Pfc. Bitsy Grant went out the second day; Frank Parker and Lieut. Elwood Cooke, the third. By the end of the third round, ten of the twelve furloughing players had been eliminated. The two remaining servicemen remained to serve them up in the finals...
Grocers & Grousing. In Elwood, Ind., Grocer Harrison Holmes listened to a customer complain for an hour about rationing, got a gun and shot him dead. In Hartford, Conn., Grocer Salvatore Viola announced that he was tired of his job. Said he: "I will quit and go pick dandelions...
Radio's usefulness on the battlefield may have suggested the idea of its use on an industrial reservation to engineer-managers at the U.S. Army's new, huge (14,735-acre) Elwood shell-loading plant near Joliet, Ill. In 35 guard stations, 19 guard automobiles, five fire stations and five fire-department squad cars, installation of two-way radio communication is complete. The nine diesel-electric locomotives that are beginning to shunt explosives around on Elwood's 100 miles of track needed, since normal AM reception would be impossible for them, a further refinement. First of these...
Keeping constant tabs, if necessary, on each locomotive and its load, Elwood's central control room will be able to do the right thing immediately in emergencies. The system saves money by eliminating block signals, with their miles of underground wire. A check on the system itself is provided by a white light in each cab, blinking every five seconds while the FM set is working, turning red if it goes haywire. The area of the Elwood plant is well within the range of perfect FM reception...
...Elwood J. Mahon stayed overseas, is now sub-manager of National City's Shanghai branch...